Russow earned the “Knockout of the Night” award, Jensen earned the “Submission of the Night bonus, and Nogueira and Brilz each earned “Fight of the Night” honors.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) learned of the award winners and bonus amounts while at the UFC 114 post-event press conference.

Russow took two-and-a-half round’s worth of punches from the heavily hyped Todd Duffee before scoring the equivalent of a ninth-inning home run.

Duffee, who may have injured his hand on Russow’s granite head, drifted into range and caught a right hand from the Chicago cop that sent his 253 pounds backward and lifeless to the mat.

Russow brought his UFC record to 2-0 but criticized his performance mercilessly afterward.

“It was an awful fight,” Russow told a beaming Joe Rogan. “I’m not very happy with it.”

The extra $65,000 will probably lift his spirits.

Jensen kicked off UFC 114 with a come-from-behind submission victory over “The Ultimate Fighter 3″ veteran Jesse Forbes, who returned to the promotion earlier this year after a three-plus-year absence.

Forbes rocked Jensen early with two hard left hands and nearly cinched a rear-naked choke in the bout’s opening moments. But Jensen fought his way out of the hold and cinched a guillotine – and bonus – when Forbes tried to take the fight back to the mat.

“Fight of the Night” went to the Brilz vs. Nogueira fight.

Brilz stepped up to the plate on short notice for injured Forrest Griffin and rose to the occasion against veteran Nogueira.

The Omaha firefighter took the Brazilian legend to the mat on several occasions and nearly pulled off the impossible with a guillotine submission in the fight’s second frame. But Nogueira stayed true to his family’s legendary resilience and did not tap.

As Brilz began to fade, Nogueira turned up the heat in the striking department and fought back on the ground, though by the end of the fight, the two resembled teenagers on a playground, trading top position like a fight for lunch money.

The split-decision victory for Nogueira came at the dismay of the audience, who booed the bout’s conclusion for minutes after the fight’s end.

As the UFC 189 tour made its last stop in Dublin, featherweight champ Jose Aldo was met with a torrent of abuse from the Irish fans. It might have been unpleasant, but it might also have been just what he needed.